Joy to All Our Neighbors
– let your hearts be light – NEW VIDEO: CAROLING ON THE BAY DEC 6, 2016 Link to previous post: Tugboat Caroling Dec. 6, 2016 Post by Jenny Stein
Category: Dock news
Remembering My Friend Muriel Kifer
As has been written, Muriel was a tennis pro and a sophisticated lady. She was also a down to earth, caring person, with a love of life. Long after Muriel retired from tennis and globetrotting, she drove a school bus for special needs children – for many years. She...
Remembering Muriel Kifer – The Unexpected Consequences of Sharing Soup
I didn’t really know Muriel Kifer in the early days. I lived at 51 Issaquah and she lived at #2. We did have something in common though; we both lived on Issaquah Dock and were single ladies. I am a soup maker. I inherited this gift from my grandmother and father. When...
Clare Vu & Frosty the Snowman
Using the morning frost on Gate 6 1/2, Clare Vu made a miniature Frosty the Snowman.
Laurabell Hawbecker – “When you quit dancing, you hang your shoes up on the door.”
Colorful historic figure and longtime floating homes community resident Laurabell Hawbecker was almost 92 when she died. Judyth Greenburgh, close friend of both Laurabell and Bob Kalloch (who died earlier this year), wrote: Our dear friend Laurabell peacefully passed away November 30, 2016 at home with her teddy bear and rabbit in her...
TugBoat Caroling Around the Neighborhood – Dec 6 & 7
Due to possible rains on their way, the 7th Annual Holiday TugBoat Caroling took place last night, around the bay and lagoon, at Waldo Point Harbor. In case you missed it – there’s the promise of a repeat performance tonight (Dec 7) at Galilee Harbor and for the Anchor-outs (weather...
Community News – Fall 2016
With all this warm weather it’s hard to believe that winter is just around the corner. Ever since the Tour, and even without the traditional holidays, it feels like it’s been one event piling onto the next. October saw a generously attended CERT training, an All Dock Alert (party),...
More Historic Pics Online – Years of Conflict
Earlier this fall Bill Van Niekerken, Library Director for the SF Chronicle, wrote: During a recent visit to Sausalito, I was taken with the charming vessels bobbing along the shore of the tiny town at the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge. After returning to work at 901 Mission...
A Halloween Horror Story — Almost
Halloween 2015 started with trick-or-treaters visiting WPH in kayaks. Michele Affronte, Mari Steeno, Rob Weston, Katherine Boschetto, Ed Lopez plus myself and my mother Kathleen Durbin and aunt Judy Anthon, all set out to find out what the treats for our tricks would be. Low tide was at 9:40...
…the 1906 quake spurred Sausalito houseboat culture
Kristin Hanes, who previously lived on Gate 6-1/2, has written an article for SFGate.com detailing our history and some of her personal recollections of her time here. Read her story, and see a slide show of historic and current floating home photos from the SF Chronicle archives, at “What it’s like living...